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It isn't.

Whaling in Japan exists purely for selfish reasons, such as luxury whale meat in top restaurants.

Whaling is illegal by international law. So Japan are breaking the law.

Iceland is also a whaling country. When Iceland made an application to join the European Union, they were rejected, purely because they allow whaling and Europe doesn't want to be associated with such illegal activity.

Dozens of species of whales are on the brink of extinction because of whalers. There are many organisations trying to protect whales from Japanese whalers, such as Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace - who often attack Japanese whaling ships with smoke bombs, paint grenades and water cannons.

The government of Chile even threatened to sink the Japanese whaling ships if they came near Chilean waters.

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Arvid Yost

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